Lily Xu

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Lily was a valued member of our team. They have since continued their professional journey. For their latest role and career updates, please visit their LinkedIn profile. Information about their LCNR work can be found below.

Lily holds a PhD in computer science from Harvard University and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. She held a postdoc with the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery in 2024/2025 and is currently an assistant professor at Columbia University.

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Scale and Technology

Tracking and evaluating nature recovery at both fine resolution and large spatial scales utilising state-of-the-art remote sensing, big data, and deep machine learning techniques.

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Finance

Scaling finance and investment for rapid nature recovery at a global scale.

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Artificial Intelligence

Developing AI algorithms to monitor, predict, simulate and contrast the baseline change in nature with the impact of interventions.

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Publications LCNR supported Systems Finance Policy engagement for nature recovery

Catalyzing transformative change for climate and biodiversity finance within COP policy discourses

Sara Löfqvist , Giacomo Delgado, Sophus O.S.E zu Ermgassen, Elodie Adam, Benjamin S. Thompson, Jayden Engert, Harrison Carter, Lily Xu, Jessica Smith, Irene Suárez Pérez, Siddarth Shrikanth, Carolina Bello, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Daisy H. Dent, Katie Kedward, Omar R. Lopez, Nathalia Pérez-Cárdenas, Rachele Quaglino, Wulan Pusparini, Cesar Augusto Ruiz-Agudelo, Jocelyne S. Sze, Katharina Runge, Leland Werden, Puninda Thind

EcoEvoRixv (2026)

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